The harper dictionary of foreign terms

THIRD EDITION 15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their REFERENCE/LANGUAGE A shelfful of reference books in one volume From the well known {plus ỗa change, plus c'est la mờme chose) to the not so familiar (amor de niủo, agua en cotillo), The Haipcr Dictionary ofForeign Terms defines more than 15,000 foreign words and phrases, from more than fifty languages, that have entered into English Drawing on art, music, literature, cooking, philosophy, diplomacy, fashion, law, and countless other subjects, and on languages from ancient Greek to modern Russian and from Arabic to Zulu, here are phrases and words that have found a place in our own language or visit us from time to time With its full English index, the dictionary is equally useful for teachers, students, travelers, diplomats, and secretaries Le motjusteforthe right person Originally compiled by C O Sylvester Mawson, a lexicographer and an editor of KogefsInternational Thesaurus, 'The Harper Dictionary of Foreign Terms has been updated and expanded by Eugene Ehrlich, chief editor of The Oxford American Dictionary and the author of many books on language, including Amo, Amas, Amat, and More P E R E N N I A L L I B R A R Y H \ R P R , RO W - I S H Ê R S Cover design â by One Plus One Studio USA CANADA $13.00 S 17.50 The Harper Dictionary of Foreign Terms The Harper Dictionary of Foreign Terms Third Edition Revised and edited by Eugene Ehrlich Based on the original edition by C Sylvester Mawson PERENNIAL UằAằY HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, New York Grand Rapids, Philadelphia, St Louis, San Francisco London, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto A hardcover edition of this title is published by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc (Third Edition) Copyright 1934 by C O Sylvester Mawson Copyright renewed 1962 by Katharine Mawson Copyright â 1975, 1987 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews For information address Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y 10022 THE HARPER DICTIONARY OF FOREIGN TERMS First PERENNIAL LIBRARY edition published 1990 Designed by C Linda Dingier Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition of this title as follows: Mawson, C; O Sylvester (Christopher Orlando Sylvester), 1870-1938 The Harper dictionary of foreign terms Rev ed of: Dictionary of foreign terms 2nd ed 1975 Includes index English languageForeign words and phrases Dictionaries I Ehrlich, Eugene H II Mawson C O Sylvester (Christopher Orlando Sylvester), 1870-1938 Dictionary of foreign terms III Title PE1670.M3 1987 422'.4 86-46061 ISBN 0-06-181576-4 ISBN 0-06-273162-9 91 92 93 94 FG 10 To Hazel Ehrlich Wodehouse and Rebecca Ann Dally Ehrlich Contents Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Used in This Book DICTIONARY OF FOREIGN TERMS Index ix xiii xv 331 409 pareve sum ~ of all things: summa summarum ~ up: en rộsumộ summarily: acervatim summary: prộcis; rộsumộ summer: ộtộ in the height of ~: en plein it won't always be ~: non semper erit one swallow does not make a ~ : une fois sumptuous: de luxe sun in the ~: au soleil ~ after clouds: post nubila ~ seen for the last time: je m'en vais voir ~ shines on everybody: et sceleratis; sol lucet who dares call the ~ a liar: solem with undazzled eye to the ~: illaeso sunstroke: coup; un coup de soleil superfluous: ỹbermassig superior must answer: respondeat superman: ĩbermensch superstition: Aberglaube supper: Abendessen; ceia; cena; petit; souper; ỳzhin supplement: Beiblatt supplementary: ripieno support: appui point of ~ : point d'appui supported: appoggiato sure, I'm not: je ne sais trop surface on a level ~: in piano prepared ~: gesso surfeited: blasộ surprise greatly ~d: tombộ surprisingly: mirum surrender: baisser le pavillon; ergebet ~ of goods: cessio surroundings: alentours survival I survived: j'ai vộcu tossed by waves but does not sink: fluctuõt survivors: hibakusha suspicion: soupỗon sustained: continuato; portato; sostenuto; tenuto talent swamp: ciộnaga; pantano swashbuckler: sabreur swear to the words of the master: iurare sweater: chandail; tricot sweep before one's own door: jeder fege sweeper: mehtar sweet: dolce what is useful is ~ : dulce quod sweetbread: ris de sweetheart: bon ami; sudarka; Sỹsschen sweetly: amabile; soavemente sweetmeat, crisp: croque-en-bouche sweetness: douceur with ~ : dolcezza swimming: nage swindle: escroquerie swindler: chevalier d'industrie; fripon swindling: estafa swine: Schweinehund swish: frou-frou Swiss: suisse no money, no ~ : kein Kreuzer sword: espada; estoque; katana; Schlọger by the ~ seeks repose: ense petit ~ and plow: ense et swordsman: homme syllogism: modus symphony: sinfonia symptom: indicium synthetic: Ersatz syphilis: lues syrup: jarabe table: table tacitly: ex tacito tact: savoir-faire; Zartgefỹhl tactless: gauche tail: queue tailor: tailleur ~ retailored: Sartor tainted: hasardộ taint, slight: haut goỷt take ~ whichever you prefer: utrum ~ who can: capiat tale: conte; fabliau folk ~: Mọrchen old wives' ~ : aủiles; conte talent ~ develops: es bildet talk ~ for teaching: Lehrgabe talk: bỏt great flow of ~ : copia fandi talker: causeur; diseur idle ~: diseur talking, insatiable need for: Studium tall: lamba tan: beige tandem: flốche tank: depúsito; Panzer (weapon) tapping: tapotement tarragon: l'estragon tart, crisp: croquante task: opus; ouvrage; tõche taste: ad gustum; friandise; goỷt bad ~ : mauvais good ~ : bon goỷt more ful than costly: plus salis no accounting for ~ : tutti i no disputing ~ : al ta'am; de gustibus refined ~: goỷt ~fully: gusto; gustosamente taunt: coup tavern: bodega ~ owner: cabaretier tax: Steuer tea: cha; matộ afternoon ~: Vesperbrot teach learn through ing: discere ~ that you may learn: doce ut who ~es learns: qui docet you old men: ante barbam teacher: Privatdozent; Sopherim religious ~: murshid tearful: larmoyant tearfully: lagrimoso tearless: (dỏkru') tears: fondre hence these ~: hinc illae sparkling eyes bedewed with ~ : lacrimis ~ for suffering: sunt lacrimae ~ in one's eyes: les larmes ~ of things: lacrimae telegram: petit-bleu tell ~ before they ~: antes de ~ it to your grandmother: cuộntaselo; das kannst; raccontalo; raconte ~ me: fac ut ~ me in good faith: die bona 410 telling ~ as it was told to me: relata ~ a thing incredible: io dirũ temperature, room: chambrộ temper, control: compesce temple: devalaya; miya; tera; thakurdwara tempo slower ~: ritardando with the ~: colla parte temporarily: pro tempore tenant ~ farmer: fermier ~ farming: fermage tender: zart made ~ : mortifiộ ~ly: affettuoso; teneramente ness: carit; tenerezza tenor: tenore comic ~ : tenore light ~: tenore tension ~ followed by relaxation: neque of strings: incordamento tent: kibitka; shamianah; tepee; tienda; toldo; yurt walls: kanat terms I accept the ~: hac mercede in plain ~ : en bon terror everywhere: horror terseness is needed: est brevitate test, crucial: experimentum testing: essayage test tube: ộprouvette text German ~ : Fraktur received ~: textus thank give ~ s : grateas agere many ~ s : grand merci ~ you: arigato; blagodar'woo vas; danke; gracias; grazie; ich danke; laringrazio; mahalo; merci; obrigado; remerciement; salamat; spasiba; tack; tak; takk; toda; ukehộ thankful: blagodarnee that ~ depends: c'est selon; selon ~ is: das ist; id est is to say: c'est--dire; das heisst ~'s all: cetera desunt; voil ~'s another thing: voil thus 411 ~'s easy enough: das ist keine ~'s enough: ohe ~'s impossible: eta vazmozhna ~'s just it: c'est bien ỗa ~'s splendid: das ist eine ~'s too bad: das ist aber ~'s war: c'est la guerre ~ which I beheld: ciũ ch'io ~ which is seemly: (tũ prepon) ~ will do: das tut's ~ will never do: das geht theater: comộdie; teatro ~ box: baignoire theatrical company: corps Thee therefore: Te Igitur theme: motif leading ~ : Leitmotif themselves, among: inter there and back: hin und zurỹck therefore: ergo thicket: chaparral thief: chor; homo; trium; voleur set a ~ to catch a ~ : corsaire; fripon thieves quarrel and thefts discovered: pelean thigh: cuisse thing a ~ belonging to others: res a ~ in itself: Ding an better ~ s : ad meliora intangible ~s: res in the nature of ~ s : in rerum latest ~ : dernier cri like and dislike the same ~ s : idem velie many ~s wanting: desunt multa noteworthy ~ s : bona not many ~s but much: non multa one ~ needs another: alterum alterius one ~ with another: du fort other ~s besides: und other ~s equal: ceteris secondhand ~ s : objets seek higher ~s: altiera peto some good ~s and some middling and more bad: sunt bona take ~s as they come: la guerre tangible ~ : res the ~ defined: defỡnitum ~s come to those who wait: die Zeit ~s lost are safe: quae amissa ~s ~s ~s ~s that injure instruct: quae nocent to be altered: mutanda to be read: legenda used in moderation endure: moderata ~s worth remembering: memorabilia ~ that pleases is half sold: chose qui ~ to be observed: observandum think I ~ I can: posse videor I ~ therefore I am: cogito ~ much, speak little, write less: pensa ~ of me: pensez ~ with few and speak with many: sentir this ~ : hoc age look for ~ : hoc quaere without ~ : absque thong: babiche thoroughbred: pur sang thoroughfare: corso no ~: hier geht thoroughly: fond thought: pensộe crowding ~ s : multa acervatim thousand: per mille hundred ~: lac thread: filum threat, empty: fulmen threateningly: minacciando three ~ in one: tria ~ year period: triennium threshold, on the: in limine throat, pronounced in the: grasseyộ throne: guddee; musnud throng, venal: grex throwing silk ~ : moulinage throw handle after hatchet: echar el; jeter le manche thrush: sat-bhai thrust home: coup thug: goon; thag thumbs down: pollice thunder: Donner; odotsa thunderation: Donner thunderbolt: brutum; coup ~ snatched from heaven: eripuit thus if all things were ~ : O si sic ~ they all: cosỡ fan thyself, know ~ go men's destinies: sic eunt ~ in as many words: sic totidem ~ in the original: sic in ~ I will and ~ I command: sic volo ~ until: sic donee thyself, know: (gnụthi); nosce te tidbit: bonne bouche; bouche tide, row against the: remar tiger: bagh; sher ~ by the tail: lupum time: hoc tempore; tempo; tempus accelerated ~ : stringendo a good ~ coming: le bon temps all in good ~ : cela viendra always the right ~ : ố sempre appointed ~ : point bide ~ : boiteux correct ~ : tempo dance ~: tempo favorable ~ s : mollia from -~ to ~ : de temps give things ~ : da tempo happier ~ : melioribus in a short ~ : en poco in exact ~ : giusto in ~ : point; a tempo know thy ~ : nosce tempus loss of ~ : dispendia march ~ : tempo minuet ~ : tempo moderate ~ : tempo moderately brisk ~ : allegretto moderately slow ~ : andante nick of ~ : cela arrive not too quick ~: allegro oh that I had ~ : que n'ai-je one must move with the ~ s : tempori other ~ s : autres temps past ~ s : tempi present ~ : actualmente quick ~ : alla breve right ~ : dextro; iusto second ~ : seconda; volta stolen ~ : tempo strict ~ : a battuta take ~ by the forelock: prendre la balle the good ~ comes but once: il tempo three ~s: ter ~ after which an event must have occurred: terminus post ~ before which an event must have occurred: terminus ante 412 ~ devourer of all things: tempus ~ flies: fugit irreparabile; tempus; volat hora ~ for play: tempus ~ having elapsed: elapso ~ is flying while I speak: dum loquor ~ is gold: el tiempo es ~ is of the essence: tempus ~ is sovereign over all: tempus ~ never hangs heavy: ein Gelehrter ~ of war: inter ~ reveals all things: tempus ~ reveals the truth: veritatem ~ runs and everything runs after it: el tiempo corre ~s are changed: tộmpora ~s most favorable for speaking: mollissima ~ speeds away: dum loquimur to pass ~ : pour passer until another ~: hasta otra what ~ is it: quộ hora; que horas; Uhr timid: timoroso who asks ~ly courts denial: qui timide tin: estaủo tinderbox: briquet tint, rose: couleur; rose du tipsy: im Rausche tit for tat: bon chat; par pari; render; tal para; taz; Wurst title Japanese ~ : sama Turkish ~ of honor: pasha under this ~ : hoc titulo toast: croỷte cube of ~ : croỷton toastmaster: arbiter bibendi to a T: ad unguem; (eis únykha) tobacco: tabac today ~ not tomorrow: hodie, non eras ~'s: du jour two weeks from ~ : d'aujourd'hui en quinze toga, man's: toga virilis together: ensemble toggle: netsuke toilet public ~ : chalet ~s: cabine 413 toll: Zoll tomb: mastaba tomorrow: apopo; maủana another day ~: maủana till ~: hasta maủana to be taken ~: eras mane ~ but never today: morgen ~ we'll believe: eras credemus tone medium fullness of ~: mezzo prolong a ~ : filar subdued ~ : a mezzo ~s in rapid succession: arpeggio tongue: langue an ox on the ~: bos evil ~ s : a malas hold your ~ : chup hold your ~ and pass for a philosopher: sile et mother ~: langue; mamaloshen ~ lashings: linguae ton, metric: millier toolbox: nộcessaire tooth ~ache: mal ~ and nail: unguibus ~pick: cure-dent with disdainful ~: dente superbo top: cumbre from the ~: von oben ~ to bottom: de fond; de haut en topsy-turvy: bouleversộ; darunter; sens tormenter, self-: Heauton torrent: fiumani torture: mettre touch ~ed nothing he did not adorn: nihil ~ me not: noli me town: municipio; Stadt skip ~: filer towpath: camino towrope: cordelle traces: vestigia track: piste tracker: pugi trade coasting ~: cabotage free ~: Freihandel jack of all ~ s : homme; maợtre trademark: marque tradesman: petit every ~ praises his own wares: jeder Krọmer prosperous ~: bourgeois trial train: Luxuszug early ~ : Frỹhzug special ~ : train through ~: Durchgangszug tramp: pied; trụleur trance: samadhi tranquility in virtue: virtute quies tranquilly: tranquillamente transactions: res transition: ĩberleitung translation: traduction translator: traducteur ~s are traitors: traduttori transplant who ~ed sustains: qui transtulit transport: dak trap: panneau; piốge; sal si caught in one's own ~ : arte perire trapper: coureur traveler: viajero; voyageur ~s lie: beau mentir ~ with empty purse: vacuus weary ~ : fessus treachery: fides Punica; Punica treason, high: crimen; laesa; lốsemajestộ treasure where your ~, there your heart: otrov (húpou gỏr) treatise: Abhandlung tree a shoot becomes a ~ : tandem a ~ does not fall at one blow: l'arbre you know where lemon ~s bloom: kennst dwarf ~ : bonsai fern ~ : amau knockaway ~ : anaqua like fruit ~ s : de tal linden ~ : bois mahogany ~ : caoba olive ~ : aceituno poplar ~: alamo South American ~ : chicha spruce ~ : abeto; ộpinette striped maple ~ : bois sycamore ~: bois ~less area in arctic regions: tundra walnut ~: noyer tremulously: tremando trench: boyau; tajo; tranchộe trial during the ~ : lite pendente tribunal ~ by ordeal: Dei iudicium tribunal: Vehmgericht trick: inganno; Ulk dirty ~ : vacherie knavish ~: tour; un tour play ~ s : faire des siennes; faire le diable stage : coup; jeu under fair words lies a ~: debaixo tricolor: drapeau trifle: lana; peu de chose add weight to s: nugis addere armed with ~s: nugis armatus greatest in ~s: maximus laborious ~ s : difficiles nugae melodious ~ s : nugae ~s are not to be despised: inest sua ~s lead to evils: hae nugae trill: gorgheggio; Pralltriller; roulade trinket: bibelot; bijouterie; breloque trio: terzetto tripe and beef: rolpens triumph sung before victory: ante victoriam trivial: trivial trouble: embarras taking useless ~ : urna you're in ~ : voil troublesome: fõcheux trousers: mompe; shintiyan trout: truite Troy Trojan and Tyrian treated alike: Tros ~'s day is over: fuit Ilium; Troia where once was ~ : et campos truant, play: faire l'ộcole truce: trờve; Waffenstillstand truck: autocamiún; camion trudge about: battre true if not ~ then well imagined: se non ố isn't it ~ : n'est-ce; n'ố vero; nicht wahr; no es verdad; non ố vero; verdad it can't be ~ : ne mozhet it's too ~ : ố pur ~ and becoming: quid verum ~ because impossible: certum est ~ till death: fidelis 414 truffle: truffe truly: en vộritộ trumpet: tromba trunk: tige trust implicit ~: uberrima in ~: in commendam I ~: confido; cruce; je me fie; virtuti non ~ but take care whom: fide sed ~ geese with the lettuce: dare in ~ in the Lord: in te trustee: curateur truth: pravda; verdad; veritas; Wahrheit abiding nature of ~ : Schein in following the ~: en suivant in ~: re vera let ~ be between us: zwischen uns metaphysical ~ : veritas naked ~ : nuda veritas not always good to tell the ~: ogni vero promptness and ~ : celeritas risk one's life for ~: vitam sometimes a virtue to conceal ~: qualche stick to the ~: tiens la thousand probabilities not make one ~: mille ~ and poetry: Wahrheit ~ begets hatred: veritas ~ conquers: veritas; vincit omnia; vincit veritas ~ from children and fools: locos ~ in spite of friend and foe: Wahrheit ~ in wine: v (en oớ no); in vino ~ is green: verdad ~ is lost in too much debating: per troppo ~ is mighty: magna est veritas ~ is stranger than fiction: le vrai ~ is the daughter of time: la verit; veritas ~ never dies: veritas ~ of a symbol: veritas ~ out of the mouths of children: la vộritộ ~ shall make you free: (hờ alờthia) ~ will prevail: veritas ~ without fear: vộritộ 415 what prevents speaking the ~ : ridentem where the ~ is, there is God: donde estỏ tuba: corno tumult: cohue tuna: thon tune intentional irregular tuning: scordatura out of ~: unrein; verstimmt put out of ~: scordato turban: puggree turkey stewed ~ hen: dinde torn ~: coq; dindon ~ hen: dinde turn: gruppetto; tour; verte; volta; vuelta at every ~: tout propos cooked to a ~: point good ~ : beau jeu my ~ today and yours tomorrow: heute mir; hodie mihi my ~ tomorrow: eras mihi ~ over: volti ~ed: bloquộ ~ed up: retroussộ ~ing up his nose at everything: omnia suspendens your ~: vous your ~ to deal: c'est vous donner your ~ to speak: c'est vous parler turnip: navet turret: tourelle turtle, mock: fausse tutor: Docent; Repetent twaddle: babillage; barbouillage; Quatsch twice: bis; due; volta ~ as fast: doppio ~ as much: alterum tantum twig, bent: adeo in teneris twilight: demi-jour; entre chien; inter twin: jumelle twine: ficelle two: due for ~: deux ~ just alike: par nobile type, printing: Brotschrift tyrant ever thus to ~ s : sic semper unpublished every weakling has his ~ : ogni debolo ~s make rebels: i tiranni ultraradicalism: intransigeance umbrella: en-tout-cas unaccommodating: dộsobligeant unanimously: nemine contradicente; per totam; una voce; uno animo unawares: au dộpourvu unceasing: ostinato unchanging: sans unconcern: sans unconstrained: dộgagộ; negligentemente; sans undated: sine underbrush: maleza understand: subaudi I don't ~ : non capisco; non intendo I ~ you: vi capisco undertone: sotto underwear, women's: lingerie undeveloped: in ovo undressed: dộshabillộ; en dộshabillộ uneasiness: malaise unemployment: chụmage unexpectedly: l'improviste unforeseen: imprevisto; unverhofft uniformly: aequabiliter union: Anschluss ~ is strength: iuncta; l'union; vis unique: sui generis united: coniunctis U~ States: estado; los Estados; Vereinigte unit, reserve: corps unity in essential things: in necessarius universe: (tũ húlon) university: Universitọt unknown: ignotas; inconnu; l'inconnu ~ explained by the still more ~ : ignotum unmarried, while: dum sola unnamed: sine unpleasantness: dộsagrộment unprejudiced: sine unprepared: illotis unproven: non liquet unpublished: inộdit; inedita ~ until the ninth year: nonum(que) unreservedly unreservedly: coeur ouvert unrestrained: la bride unsaid, be it: indictum unsolicited: sponte unsuccessful: manquộ untruthful for good purpose: splendide unusual: bizarre; insolite; rara unwelcome: de trop unwillingly: ab invito upon: dessus upriver: rio; rớo uproar: diable; tapage upstart: homme; neue Menschen; parvenu upstroke: poussộ up-to-date: aggiornamento; ờtre jour upturned: cabrộ urn: samovar; urceus usage bad ~ : ex malis ordinary ~ : ius use in ~ : in usu to everything its own ~ : sua cuique utilitas ~ is second nature: qui a bu what is the ~ : quoi bon; shikata; wozu dient useful with the agreeable: omne tulit; utile usual: l'ordinaire; al solito; more; wie gewửhnlich utmost, to the: outrance vacuum, in a: in vacuo; vacuo vain, in: en pure valid, universally: secundum valley: khud; Tal ~ of the abyss: valle valor mindful of ~: pristinae ~ in difficulties: virtus ~ is soldier's glory: virtus valuable: de prix value: ad valorem; valuta beyond the ~ : ultra of little ~ : modique sentimental ~ : pretium vane, weather: girouette vanguard: avant-garde vanity: amour propre all is ~: omnia vanitas ~ of vanities: vanitas 416 vanquished spare the ~, subdue the proud: parcere variation: variazioni vase, porcelain: potiche vaulter: voltigeur veal: veau vegetable: groente ~s, meat, and noodles: chow mein with spring ~ s : printanier vehement: heftig vehemently: focosamente vehicle: tonga; voiture covered ~ : carromata horse-drawn ~: char--bancs veil: mantún; voile; yashmak vein: vena vellum, in: en vộlin velvety: veloutộ venison: chevreuil; venaison jugged ~ : civet veranda: stoep verbatim: mot verse, free: vers libre verve: panache very: di molto vessel: lota; vas empty ~ : vaso vuoto fishing ~ : chasse-marộe porous ~ : alcarraza vestments: pontificalia vibratory: vibrato vice all have this ~ : omnibus hoc ~ thrives: alitur vicissitudes, through so many: per tot discrimina Victim, O saving: O Salutaris victory Pyrrhic ~ : (kadmeớa) ~ comes in turn to men: (nikử) is increased by concord: victoria view bird's-eye ~ : vue general ~ : coup vigil: veille vigorously: vigoroso villa: dacha village: aidea; basti; derộvnya; Dorf; Dorp; mir; pueblo; stanitza villager: aldeano vinegar: vinaigre not catch flies with ~ : on n'attrappe vineyard: viủa 417 great ~ and few grapes: muita viol: viola da gamba bass ~ : viola d'amore violin: violino Virgil, I have only seen: Virgilium Virgin Blessed ~: Beata; heilig Glorious ~: La Vergine ~, Bride of the Lord: Virgo ~ Mary: Notre Dame; Regina ~ Most Wise: Virgo virtue after money, ~: virtus ancestral ~: patriis from love of ~: virtutis amore I wrap myself in ~: mea virtute ornament and reward of ~: et decus secure through ~: virtute securas ~ alone can ennoble: virtus ~ alone helps: sola iuvat ~ alone is invincible: sola virtus ~ alone is nobility: sola nobilitas ~, always green: virtus ~ and faith: virtute et fide; virtute fideque ~ and industry: virtute et labore; virtute et opere ~, a thousand shields: virtus ~ consists in action: virtus ~ doesn't know the meaning of relaxation: virtus ~ ennobles: virtus ~ flourishes from a wound: virescit ~ flourishes in trial: virtus ~ grows under oppression: crescit sub ~ increased: macte ~ is a strong anchor: valet ancora ~ is praised and left to starve: virtus ~ is stronger than a battering ram: virtus ~ is the mark of nobility: nobilitatis virtus ~ is the only nobility: la vertu ~ is the only thing necessary: unica ~ is the true nobility: nobilitas sola ~ is the way of life: vitae ~ is worth more than silver or gold: vilius ~ kindles strength: virtus ~, not craft: virtute, non astutia ~, not men: virtute, non viris ~ of authority: ex auctoritate ~ of office: ex officio; virtute officii war ~ overcomes envy: virtus ~ rejoices in trial: gaudet ~s often vices in disguise: nos vertus ~ survives the grave: vivit visibly: vue visit, to pay a: pour faire visite vivacity: brio with ~: brio voice: voce; voix; vox chest ~ : petto; voce head ~ : voce mixed ~ : voce powerful ~ : tenore; voce rich ~ : voce slightly obscured ~ : voce strain one's ~ : s'ộgosiller two ~ s : a due ~ crying in the wilderness: vox ~ of the people: vox ~s of women and children: voce ~ with clear enunciation: voce with the ~ : colla voce volume: Band folio ~ : in-folio small ~ : Bọndchen voluntarily: aus freien; de plein vote negative ~ : non placet put it to a ~: aux voix; voix voucher: piốce vow, according to one's: ex voto vowel: Vokal; voyelle vulgarity: langage; mauvais waggishness: espiốglerie wagon: araba; telega ammunition ~ : fourgon three-horse ~: troika waistband: cummerbund waiter: camarero; cameriere; Kellner; khidmutgar; kyuji walk public ~ : paseo take a ~ : pasear; vuelta walls ~ have ears: les murailles within the ~ : intra muros walnut: noix wanting, thou art found: tekel want of something better: faute wantonly: de gaietộ war: Blitzkrieg; guerre; jihad; Krieg; ultima ratio; voina act of ~: casus wardrobe at ~ : en guerre before the ~ : ante bellum deadly ~ : bellum lethale holy ~ : jihad lightning : Blitzkrieg magnificent but not ~: c'est magnifique not permitted to blunder twice in ~ : bis peccare outbreak of ~ : in limine paper ~fare: guerre stratagem of ~ : ruse de ~ commenced is hell unchained: guerra cominciata ~ fosters ~ : der Krieg ~ game: Kriegspiel ~ hidden under peace: Mars ~ horse: cheval ~ is sweet: dulce bellum ~ of all against all: bellum omnium ~ of extermination: bellum internecinum ~s abominated by mothers: bellaque ~s horrid ~ s : bella ~ tax: dộcime ~ to the death: guerra a la; guerre ~ vs wisdom: tarn Marte world ~ : Weltkrieg wardrobe: armoire warehouse: almacộn; entrepụt warning: avertissement; in terrorem warrant of commitment to prison: mittimus warrior: berserker; guerrero; impi wasteland: lande watch: Wacht I'm ever ful: nunquam dormio on ~: aux aguets to the ful: vigilantibus ~man: garde ~tower: atalaya ~word: mot water: acqua; agua; aqua; eau; panộe; voda; Wasser boiling ~ : aqua deep : charco distant ~ : acqua distilled ~ : aqua holy ~ : agua; asperges; eau ice ~: barf in deep ~ : en plein pure rain~: aqua running ~ : agua; eau shallow body of ~ : charca 418 spring ~ : aqua; eau stagnant ~ : eau still ~ : acqua; agua; aqua; del agua; eau sweetened ~ : eau troubled ~ : agua ~ carrier: aguador; bhisti ~ in a sieve: cribro ~ is best: (aristún) ~ saw its God and blushed: vidit ~way: vaguada ~ well: cenote wonderful ~ : aqua you're writing in ~ : in aqua watercress: berro; cresson with ~ : aux cressons watermelon: pastốque wave: onda long ~ : onda tidal ~ : tsunami way: tao; via a ~ must be tried: tentanda best ~ : aufs beste clear the ~ : gare feel one's ~ : aller tõtons find or make a ~ : aut inveniam in a friendly ~ : via in his own ~ : more in whatever ~ : quocunque modo no two ~s: vuelta on the ~: chemin faisant; en route; in transitu ~ of the world: l'usage we ~ cannot: non possumus ~ can't all all: non omnia ~ have been: fuimus weak: sine wealth little ~ and little care: peu de bien; poca roba lust for ~: opum riches make the man: divitiae who knows how to use ~ should have ~ : qui uti weariness: taedium weather bad ~: candelia; gros what's the ~ : quel temps fait-il; que temps what this is: quel temps il fait 419 weaving: tessitura wedge drives wedge: cuneus weeds not perish: Unkraut week: septimana ~ from today: d'aujourd'hui en huit weight: arroba; peso net ~: peso ~ not number: pondere welcome: accueil; ben venuto; bienvenue; faire accueil; salve ~ home: ben tornato ~ misfortune if you come alone: bien vengas welfare of the people is the supreme law: salus populi well: bien; pozo; wohl get ~: gute Besserung may it go ~ with thee: prosit pretty ~: assez bien really ~ : allons very ~: la bonne; benissimo; bien; bravissimo ~ and good: baste well-being: bene esse well-bred: de bon genre werewolf: loup-garou wharf: embarcadero what he knows ~'s ~: er hat not who but ~: non quis ~ you want: quộ quiere; que voulez-vous; que vous ~ever is done for good men: bonis quod ~ God hath joined together: o ovv o (ho oun ho) ~ I can't praise I don't discuss: was ich ~ I've said I stand by: lo dicho ~ I've written, I've written: quid scripsi ~'s going on: quộ pasa ~'s not necessary is dear at a penny: quod non ~'s put off is not lost: ce qui est ~'s that for: wozu das ~'s that to me: que m'importe ~'s the news: nouvelle; quelles; quid novi ~'s this: qu'est-ce que ~'s to be done: que faire; quid faciendum ~ will be will be: che sar where: kidhar will ~ are those who lived before us: ubi sunt ~ have I fallen, what have I done: ubi lapsus whetstone for the wits: cos whey: petit-lait which from ~ : a quo of ~ : cuius ~ is: quod est ~ is to be noted: quod bene ~ see: quae vide; quod vide ~ was to be demonstrated: quod erat demonstrandum ~ was to be done: quod erat faciendum whim: boutade; ghiribizzo whimsical: ghiribizzoso whip: azote; chabuk; chicote; knout; sjambok whippoorwill: bois whisper: vox ing: sussurrando whither: wohin ~ thou goest: quo vadis whitish: blanchõtre who ~ as well: qui tarn ~ benefits by it: cui bono ~ is it: quiộn es whole: totum for the ~: in solidum on the ~: tout prendre; au bout du compte wholesale: en bloc why: kis-waste; pourquoi; warum ~ not: warum widow: veuve; viuda; Witwe merry ~ : die lustige rich ~ weeps with one eye, signals with other: viuva widower: veuf; Witwer wife: esposa; Frau; moglie; zhenỏ dear ~ : cara sposa ~ of the doge: dogaressa wig: perruque wild: cerrero; farouche will: a capriccio; ad arbitrium; discrộtion; volontộ; volontộ free ~ : liberum let ~ stand as a reason: hoc volo; sit pro; stet pro no ill ~: absit invidia nothing without divine ~: nil sine willing Deo; nil sine numine pray for a strong ~: fortem Thy ~ be done: fiat voluntas where there's a ~ : a chi vuole; celui qui ~ and testament: volontộ ~ of the people: iure ~ stands for reason: stat pro taken for deed: voluntas with a ~ : entrain willing ~ and able: volens ~ but unable: volo non ~ or unwilling: bon grộ; grộ; nolens willingly: mucho; de bon grộ; de bonne grõce; de bonne volontộ; grộ; volentieri will-o'-the-wisp: ignis fatuus; Irrlicht wily: rusộ wind: Fửhn; mistral; sirocco; solano device for cutting off ~ : abat-vent favorable ~ s : vends ill ~: ộ cattivo northerly ~ : bise; mistral southwest ~: libeccio windfall: aubaine; bonne fortune; trouvaille winding: en caracole windmills, tilt against: se battre window: ventana wine: madốre; sharab; vernaccia; vin cheap ~ : vin even the best has dregs: le meilleur good ~ : bon vin; a buon vino; buon vino; bonum vinum old ~ and old friend: vinho racked by anger and ~: vino red ~: barbera; eau rice ~ : sake ~ and woman and song: Wein, Weib ~ grower: vigneron ~ is the milk of love: (oợnos) ~ list: carte ~ punch: sangrớa ~ without water: vin with ~: la bordelaise wings larger than the nest: maiores winner, long live the: viva quien winter, in the depth of: en plein wisdom: sagesse dare to show ~ : aude; sapere mix folly with ~ : misce stultitiam ripe ~ : mitis 420 ~ and courage: consilio et animis ~ and prudence: consilio et prudentia ~ is easier for others: il est plus aisộ ~ is justified by her works: ô (kaỡ edikaiụthố) ~ is the foundation of writing well: scribendi ~ is victor over fortune: victrix with how little ~: quam parva wise: sage how grand to be -~: quanti no mortal is always ~: nemo mortalium none are ~ by instinct: vae (phỳsei) Phrygians became too late: sero sapiunt who lives without folly is not so ~: qui vit ~ man will rule the stars: sapiens ~r than the ~: plus sage wiseacre: Klỹgler wish: meo voto as one ~es: volontộ having got one's ~: compos voti wit at ~s' end: au bout de son; aux abois; latin keen and delicate ~: sal ~s' end: latin de ~ without discretion: ingenio witchcraft: Hexerei withered: flộtri within: ab intra without: ab extra; sans; senza; sine witness: assister; in testimonium; tộmoin; teste witticism: bon mot; jeu woe ~ to the solitary man: vae soli ~ to the vanquished: vae victis wolf ~ by the ears: auribus ~ changes his coat: lupus pilum ~ in the fable: lupus in ~ on one side: hac urgent ~ when famished eats moldy bread: lupo wolverine: carcajou woman: bibi; femme; mujer; vrouw; wahine; zhenshena cleaning ~ : femme 421 fat ~: une grosse fickle and changeable ~: Donna; varium finicky ~: mijaurộe gossipy ~: yenta in the dark every ~ is the same: (lỳkhnou) literary ~: bas bleu; Blaustrumpf look for the ~: cherchez market ~: dames de; poissarde married ~: dueủa; femme; madame; memsahib old ~: vieille pregnant ~: gros; une femme stout ~: gros unappreciated ~: femme unmarried ~: femme; Frọulein; mademoiselle virtuous ~: femme; honnờte; sage ~ beautiful above with a fish's tail: desinit ~ chaser: coureur ~ is made of glass: es de vidrio ~ of dubious character: demimondaine womb, in the: in utero; in ventre wonderful ~ to behold: mirabile visu ~ to relate: mirabile dictu wood: bois; cahoy; maram wool go for ~ and return shorn: fuộse; ir por ~ is better than the sheep: ố meglio donar word: ad hanc vocem; logos; mot; palabra common ~: mot exact ~ : le mot juste; mot fair ~s cost nothing: bien hablar few ~s: pocas half a ~: zartem in a ~: pour tout dire; sans incorrectly formed ~ : vox in so many ~s: totidem many ~s little knowledge: muito mum's the ~: bouche not a ~ : mucke no ~s when Minerva's unwilling: tu nihil offend in ~ s : intra verba sharp ~ s : paroles aigres so many ~ s : in totidem speak vain ~ s : (anemửlia) world spoken ~ perishes but writing remains: vox the very ~ s : ipsissima under the ~: sub voce very long ~ s : sesquipedalia winged ~s: CTCCCC (ộpea); geflỹgelte without breaking one's ~ : salva fide ~ and stone: palabra ~ beyond recall: irrevocabile ~ for ~: ad verbum; ' (kat* ốpos) ~ for ~ and letter for letter: verbatim ~ of mouth: de palabre; ore tenus; palabra ~ once spoken: et semel; nescit ~s not feed cats: belle parole ~s that burn: ardentớa verba ~s to blows: a verbis; verbis ~ to the wise: dictum sapienti; verbum work: kam; rabota; trabajo; Werk goldsmith's ~ : orfốvrerie in the ~ quoted: opere citato overwhelmed with ~ : ộcrasộ de rock ~ : rocaille this ~ , this pursuit: hoc opus, hoc ~ is carried on briskly: fervet opus ~ is pleasure: labor ipse ~ is the best sauce: optimum ~ is worship: laborare ~ is worth doing: operae pretium ~ of art or literature: oeuvre ~ prospers: adiuvante Deo ~ so vast: tantae ~ stoppage: hartal ~ together: gung ho you the ~ : sic vos worker: rabotnik outstanding ~ : stakhanovite piece ~ : tõcheron ~s of the world, unite: proletaree workman: ouvrier ~ is known by his work: opus ~ship better than the material: materiam works his ~ are mine: opera illius my ~ will survive me: non omnis workshop: officina world: mundus against the ~: contra mundum knowing nothing of the ~ : i no uchi the ~ is his who has patience: il 422 worm-eaten mondo the ~ is one: todo el the ~ is woman's book: le monde to Rome and the ~: urbi ~ full of fools: ce monde ~ of ours: (ho kúsmos) ~ of women of doubtful reputation: demi-monde ~ weary: weltmỹde ~ wishes to be deceived: mundus vult worm-eaten: vermoulu worn out: recru worry: tracasserie worse and worse: de pis; immer worship: bhakti; puja worst: au pis ~ is yet to come: graviora manent worth: pretium let it pass for what it's ~ : valeat ~ all of them: instar ~ that wins more favor: gratior worthless: dare pondus ~ness of any object: de lana ~ vase never breaks: vaso malo worthwhile: vale la not ~: non est tanti wound incurable ~: immedicabile nursing a ~ : aeternum servans ~ unuttered lives deep within: taciturn wounded: amochộ wraith: Doppelgọnger wrangling: criaillement wrath fierce ~ : saeva ~ of brothers is ~ of devils: ira de ~ of kings is always heavy: gravis ira wrestler: samo; sumo wrestling: jiu jitsu; judo; kushti; samo; sumo wretched to be detected: deprendi writ ~ against an objector: quare ~ of arrest: capias; lettre ~ of restraint: ne exeat ~ to call up court records: certiorari ~ to execute a judgment: fieri facias ~ to inquire into sanity: de lunatico; inquirendo ~ to summon a jury: venire writer: ộcrivain; gens; homme representative ~ : Trọger Spanish ~s of the cultist school: cultos writing he wrote it: scripsit I have written: scripsi skilled in ~ : scribere scientes wall ~ s : graffiti we all write: scribimus ~ is the best memory: escritura ~ surface: codex wrong, actionable: ex delicto wrongly or rightly: tort ou yam: camote yarn, spins a good: il brode year: annus bygone ~ s : praeteriti for many ~ s : ad multos annos great ~ : annus he lived (so many) ~ s : annos in the ~ : anno; im Jahre in this ~ : hoc anno of this ~ : huius anni O that Jove would give back ~ s : O mini tender ~ s : a teneris travel ~s: Wanderjahre wonderful ~ : annus ~ after the building of Rome: anno ~ of our Lord: anno ~ of the Hegira: anno ~ of the reign: anno ~ of the world: anno ~s rolling on: volventibus yellow: jaune pale ~ : feuille-morte yes: da ~ indeed: si fait yoke, preserve the: serva you: usted not for ~ alone: non vobis ~ are right: avete ragione ~ are what ~ are: du bist ~ are wrong: avete torto ~ don't say: warum ~ too: tu quoque ~ too, Brutus: et tu, Brute younger: puợnộ youngster: gửsse yours: tuum is it : tuum it's ~: tuum respectfully ~ : que besa 423 ~ truly: atento; seguro; su seguro; tout vous youth: Bursch; giovanezza; , "* r , bloom of ~: lumenque fashionable ~: jeunesse if ~ but knew: si jeunesse purple light of ~: di giovinezza zoo ~ hard to pass: mtode zeaj above all, no ~: surtout d o n > t b e to o u s : d e ~ with greatest ~: summo zoo: Tiergarten [...]... have difficulty in recalling elusive foreign words, phrases, and proverbs A brief summary of the classes of words and other features included in this volume indicates the scope of The Harper Dictionary of Foreign Terms: Classes of Words Foreign words and phrases from more than fifty languages frequently used in conversation or likely to be encountered in the fields of literature, law, science, politics,... ganzỳa The first edition of the dictionary was the work of the distinguished lexicographer C O Sylvester Mawson, who was born in England in 1870 Mawson came to the United States to join the editorial staff of the Century Dictionary He later was an editor of Roget's International Thesaurus as well as of several Merriam-Webster dictionaries and remained active as a lexicographer until his death in 1938 The. .. Dictionary of Foreign Terms was first compiled in 1934, the intention of its editors has remained constant: to create a single-volume source that explains foreign phrases and words likely to be encountered in American and English literature Many of these terms may no longer be current among today's speakers of the fifty-odd languages on which the dictionary draws A good example of this group of phrases is the. .. an activity are gung ho, the vengeful among us resort to lex talionis, amateur chefs (itself a foreign word taken into our language) know the implications of cordon bleu, and who does not speak of charisma? All this is just a sampling, a potpourri (the French spelling is pot pourri), of the tens of thousands of foreign terms borrowed by our flourishing language Some of the terms are so well established... Rather, by dealing with expressions that are foreign, the editor hopes to spare readers the trouble of searching for the meanings of word after word in a foreign- language dictionary and then attempting to put a definition together Aside from its utilitarian raison d'ờtre, this dictionary provides other benefits Finding out how people of other cultures express their thoughts affords insight into attitudes,... with the secondary meanings and popular usages indicated where necessary Plurals of all words that might present difficulty to the reader of English Feminine forms of foreign nouns and adjectives Foreign abbreviations and contractions Special Terms Naval and military terms from foreign languages Menu terms in French, Italian, and other languages, with descriptions of many foreign dishes Archaic terms. .. lit., the cutting off of the infinite (or negative part); the systematic comparison and rejection of hypotheses till the true conclusion is reached: logic absence d'esprit [Fr], absence of mind absens haeres non erit [L], the absent one will not be the heir; out of sight, out of mind absente reo [L], the defendant being absent (abbr abs re.): law absent le chat, les souris dansent [Fr], when the cat's... since the last revision; and to furnish an English index to the thousands of terms explained in the volume As for how well the goal of correcting errors has been met, sharp-eyed readers will inevitably judge for themselves The languages that contribute the bulk of the many new entries are Japanese, Russian, and modern Hebrew Finally, it is hoped that readers will find the index helpful when they have... death in 1938 The second edition of the Dictionary of Foreign Terms appeared in 1975 It was prepared by Charles Berlitz, a writer of foreign- language textbooks, who added terms that had come into use after Mawson's time The present edition has three principal goals: to correct errors in the work, particularly in the English transliteration of classical Greek entries; to add terms from languages that have... 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